Karesansui - 2 Kodaiji 高台寺

Focus on a moment
Branches move, leaves quake, green yellow
Thoughts wander infinite

瞬間に書店を合わせる
枝を動く時、葉は緑色けど黄色。
考えが迷って。。。

Welcome back, I apologize for the short break. I took a small vacation to Seattle for Valentines to catch up with friends and family.

This is a karesansui at Kodai-ji in Kyoto. Kodai-ji was built in memory of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1536-1598 by his wife, Nene. It was completed in 1605. The temple was funded by Tokugawa Ieyasu.

Hideyoshi was a general under Oda Nobunaga who nearly unified the Japanese feudal Lords. For more information about Oda Nobunaga check out this detailed link.

Following Nobunaga's death Hideyoshi unified the remainder of Japan. Both he and Nobunaga were known to be fierce and ruthless warlords. Following his death his successor Ishida Mitsunari and Tokugawa Ieyasu battled for control of Japan, ending with the epic battle of Sekigahara. For a more brief history of the main players of the Civil War era of Japan look at this link.

For Wikipedia.

For a video link of the entire karesansui click here.

You can see a few more of my photo's from Kodaiji at this post, Bridges.

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